553 Adventures in Nature Photography - A Personal Journey
Hobbies & How-to | Available (Membership Required)
"In nature’s infinite book of secrecy
A little I can read.”
-William Shakespeare, Antony & Cleopatra
This course will present photographs of wildflowers (the photographer’s favorite subjects), wildlife, and landscapes from travels near (as close as his yard) and far, including the southern Appalachian Mountains, seacoasts in Florida and the Carolinas, New England, Colorado Rockies, desert southwest, Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, Glacier National Park and Canadian Rockies, Pacific Northwest, and Alaska. While this course is intended mainly for enjoyment, presentations will strive to convey the experience of making photographs and to illustrate effective elements of composition, ways of dealing with distractions, and effects of the quality and color of natural light.
David Kocher
David Kocher has resided in Oak Ridge since 1971. He was a research scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for 29 years, where he also made many presentations to coworkers on “Phun with Photography.” Since 2000, he has been a staff scientist at the Oak Ridge Center Risk Analysis, where prints of some of his photographs adorn the walls (many serve as wall paper in his home). In addition to nature photography, he has enjoyed playing the cello and is a founding member of the Oak Ridge Philharmonia, our community orchestra.